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9ct yellow gold gate bracelet. [12.64grams]

A Lot of silver jewellery; includes silver gate bracelet, Rennie Mackintosh style necklace/ pendant and bracelet. Sterling silver and Paua shell cufflinks, Silver St Christopher pendant and various pendants and a pair of Celtic cross earrings.

9ct yellow gold gate bracelet with heart shaped lock. [15.61grams]

Titchmarsh & Goodwin Oak Gate Leg Table, with drop leaves, single drawer on turned and block supports, 170 x 75cm high

A 9 Carat Gold Gate Link Bracelet, length 17.8cmGross weight 12.7 grams

A Gate Link Bracelet, stamped '9CT', length 19.3cmGross weight 20.5 grams.

An Gate Link Bracelet, stamped '18CT', with an 18 carat gold heart-shaped padlock clasp, length 19cmGross weight- 20.9 grams

An EFE Rail by Bachmann No. E86001 London South Western Region 2-car gate stock set finished in BR crimson, housed in the original window display box

3 various railway hand and gate lamps

A circular box and cover, decorated with torii gate beside a toro [stone lantern], 17cm diameter; together with: a small Satsuma vase, 15 cm high; a small lacquered dish; a metal fitting designed as a nihonzaru with a gourd flask and sakazuki, 6.5 cm; and eight wood netsuke or small okimono [damage and wear] [12]

Utagawa Kuniyoshi [1798-1861], an oban tate-e portrait of the famous Emperor Go-Daigo loyalist, Kusunoki Masashige from the Warrior series Meiko Hyaku Yuden; published by Izumiya IchibeiCompare another example of this print in the British Museum, No. 2008.3037.15307Kusunoki Masashige [1294-1336] found fame as a loyal defender of the Emperor Go-Daigo during the tumultuous years of the Nanbokucho period in the 14th Century. Masahige's opposition to the power of the Ashikaga Shoguns found fertile ground during the Meiji Restoration, and a huge, bronze equestrian figure of him was placed close to Tokyo's Babasaki Gate in 1900 ['Meiji Revisited'/The sites of Victorian Japan' by Dallas Finn/page 162 refers]. Kuniyoshi's design with a compass and globe is interesting; Henri Joly mentions a netsuke of Kusunoki in the Gilbertson Collection, carved with Kusunoki holding a Mariner's compass ['Legend in Japanese Art'/page 309, refers]. Although there was a significant market for Kuniyoshi's historical portraits, the Bakufu were highly sensitive regarding images that could be interpreted as critical of the Tokugawa regime. Kuniyoshi's triptych of Raiko and the Earth Spider, for instance, precipitated a confrontation with the Bakufu censors, and Kuniyoshi was forced to destroy the offending blocks in order to avoid further trouble [Source: page 114 of 'Japanese Prints/Ukiyo-e in Edo, 1700-1900' by Ellis Tinios, British Museum Press, 2010.]Condition Report: Please note that the damage and trimming includes: visible trimming to the left hand side, paper and fugitive colour deterioration.

A wrought iron gate, with curved and scroll design with plain bars, 185cm high, 88cm wide.

DOMENICO BECCAFUMI (circa 1486-1551)Un saint debout tenant une croix en tau à laquelle est attachée un rosaire (recto); Étude de femmes (verso) porte une inscription « A » (au recto, en bas à droite)plume et encre brune, les deux coins supérieurs coupésbears inscription 'A' (recto, lower right)pen and brown ink, brown wash, the upper corner trimmed20.5 x 12.3 cm (8 1/16 x 4 13/16 in)Footnotes:多梅尼科·贝卡富米(约1486-1551))圣人立身持念珠十字架(正面); 女体素描(反面)羽毛笔，棕色油墨ProvenanceJan Mitchell, New York; sa vente, Londres, Sotheby's, 22 mars 1973, lot 23, ill. (2200£ à Yvonne Tan Bunzl, pour Alain Delon).ExpositionsParis, Didier Imbert Fine Art, '20 ans de Passion' Alain Delon, Dessins, Printemps 1990, no 2, ill. Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, L'Œil et la Passion. Dessins italiens de la Renaissance dans les collections privées françaises, no 10, ill. (recto et verso), notice de C. Fischer.BibliographieB.P. Gordley, The drawings of Beccafumi, Princeton University, Phil. Diss. 1988, p. 389, no 75, fig. 14 (recto).P. Torriti, Beccafumi: l'opera completa, Milan, 1998, p. 249, D15, ill. (recto).Selon Chris Fischer (op. cit.), «Les deux études au recto et au verso de ce dessin se caractérisent par des traits de plume brefs et légers, des contours tremblés et un réseau de hachures aigües pour indiquer le modelé, tous éléments typiques du style graphique pratiqué autour de 1520 par Domenico Beccafumi.» La figure au recto, qui ne peut être reliée à un tableau, est remarquable dans l'œuvre dessiné de Beccafumi, par son graphisme particulièrement dense et son aspect achevé. Elle a été rapprochée d'un dessin des Offices à la pierre noire représentant Saint François (P. Giannattasio, dans P. Torriti, op. cit., no D16, ill. p. 250) et, par sa graphie, de deux études, également aux Offices pour la Rencontre d'Anne et Joachim à la Porte Dorée (Giannattasio, op. cit., no D18, ill. p. 252), préparatoires à une fresque datant de 1518 à l'Oratorio di San Bernardino à Sienne (Torriti, op. cit., no P24, ill. p. 86). Le groupe des deux femmes agenouillées au verso est un élément récurrent chez Beccafumi, habituellement placé en coin au premier plan pour conduire l'œil du spectateur à l'intérieur de la composition. Les deux figures sont ainsi fort proches de celles au premier plan à gauche d'un petit tableau conservé à Chatsworth représentant la Cérémonie de remerciements de la Ville de Sienne pour la victoire de Porta Camollia, peint vers 1526-1527 (Torriti, op. cit., no P51, ill. p. 128). Par son style plus libre que celui de la figure dessinée au recto, le verso peut être plus particulièrement comparé à une étude pour la Nativité, conservée aux Offices (Giannattasio, op. cit., no D35, ill. p. 258 et Fischer, op. cit., p. 74 fig. 1) et préparatoire à un tableau exécuté en 1522 pour l'église de San Martino à Sienne (Torriti, op. cit., no P40, ill. p. 117).L'identité du saint barbu au recto n'est pas évidente. Il ne semble pas pouvoir s'agir de saint Antoine le Grand, comme avancé par le catalogue de la vente Sotheby's de 1973, ainsi que par Barbara Gordley (op. cit.) et Elisabetta Tenducci (op. cit.). En effet, il n'est pas accompagné de son attribut habituel, le porc, et c'est normalement une cloche et non un rosaire qui pend à la croix en tau. Chris Fischer propose, avec prudence, de l'identifier avec saint Paul Ermite, ami de saint Antoine, car il est généralement représenté avec une croix en tau et un rosaire.According to Chris Fischer (op. cit.), 'The two studies on the recto and on the verso of this drawing are characterised by short, light pen strokes, trembling contours and a network of sharp hatching to indicate modelling, all typical of the graphic style practised around 1520 by Domenico Beccafumi. The figure on the recto, which cannot be linked to a painting, is remarkable in Beccafumi's drawings for its particularly dense drawing and its finished appearance. It has been compared to a back chalk drawing in the Uffizi of St. Francis (P. Giannattasio, in P. Torriti, op. cit., no. D16, ill. p. 250) and, in terms of its graphic style, to two studies, also in the Uffizi, for the Meeting of Anne and Joachim at the Golden Gate (Giannattasio, op. cit., no. D18, ill. p. 252) in preparation for a fresco dating to 1518 in the Oratorio di San Bernardino in Siena (Torriti, op. cit., no. P24, ill. p. 86). The group of two kneeling women on the reverse is a recurring motif in Beccafumi's work, usually placed in the corner of the foreground to lead the viewer's eye into the composition. The two figures are thus very similar to those in the left foreground of a small painting, now at Chatsworth representing the Ceremony of Thanks of the City of Siena for the Victory of Porta Camollia, painted around 1526-1527 (Torriti, op. cit., no. P51, ill. p. 128). The verso is freer in style than the figure on the recto, and can be compared in particular with a study for the Nativity in the Uffizi (Giannattasio, op. cit., no. D35, ill. p. 258 and Fischer, op. cit., p. 74 fig. 1), which was executed in 1522 in preparation for a painting for the church of San Martino in Siena (Torriti, op. cit., no. P40, ill. p. 117).The identity of the bearded saint on the front is not clear. It does not appear to be Saint Anthony the Great, as suggested by the 1973 Sotheby's sale catalogue, as well as by Barbara Gordley (op. cit.) and Elisabetta Tenducci (op. cit.). The saint, it is not accompanied by his usual attribute, the pig, and it is normally a bell and not a rosary that hangs from the tau cross. Chris Fischer cautiously suggests that he should be identified as Saint Paul the Hermit, friend of Saint Anthony, as he is usually depicted with a tau cross and a rosary.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

9ct gold five bar gate bracelet, with heart locket claspCondition Report:Approx 14.25gm

9ct gold five bar gate bracelet, with heart locket clasp, hallmarkedCondition Report:Approx 29.4gm

9ct gold four bar gate bracelet, hallmarked, silver charm bracelet including Champagne bottle and bucket, helmet, boot and cable car and other silver jewelleryCondition Report:9ct approx 9.2gm, silver , talon claw broken off one charm, silver approx 85gm

A Gate Link Style Bracelet, together with a gold plated example. (2)

Vintage and Modern Costume Jewellery, including decorative filigree marcasite inset peacock brooch, an oval locket pendant, a gate link style bracelet with hallmarked silver padlock clasp, a cluster dress ring, imitation pearls, French jet and other bead necklaces, etc :- One Tray

A Collet Set Gate Style Bracelet, of alternate openwork design, to snap clasp and safety chain (12.5grams).

Peter Hall & Son, Cumbria, 1978, Bespoke one-off, Oak gate-leg and drop-leaf dining table with cutlery drawer, two carvers and six dining chairs, two with rush seats, all have makers markings (Qty)

Chunky 9ct gold gate-link bracelet with heart clasp,9.1 grams 18cm long

Triang Buildings and Accessories comprising R61 Signal Box complete with chimney, R66K Porters Room with Kiosk again complete with chimney, R60 red Ticket Office complete with chimney and canopy but one fixing bracket to canopy is broken, R80 Station comprising station building with canopies, porters room with toilet, 3 x platform sections (one with slight warping) plus station steps etc, but no chimneys (box missing an end flap), R70 Level Crossing (appears complete), R84 set of three Lineside Huts, conditions are generally Good to Good Plus in Poor to Good boxes, empty boxes comprise R355 Industrial Loco (Nellie) complete with instruction booklet etc, R333 GWR Coach, R448 Old Time Coach, R621 Rocket Coach, R11 Goods Van, R44 Lever Frame Section for Signals and 3 x RT44 Lever Frame Section for Points, also R72 Gatekeeper's Hut but does contain hut base and gate, conditions Fair to Good. (16)

Triang Minic Motorway Cars, Race Buildings and black Track Sections to include 11 x Cars (Mercedes Benz 300SL, 3 x Porsche Carrera GT (red, cream and white), 3 x Aston Martin DB4 GT (2 x cream and 1 x green), green E-type Jaguar but part of rear bumper missing, 2 x green Jaguar 3.4 Saloon (both missing parts including bumpers and window glazing), green Aston Martin DB6, conditions range from Fair to Good, race buildings comprise M1812 starting gate, racing pits, a little cleaning required but conditions generally Good, quantity of inclined support units along with various pavement sections including bridge straight, gradient base left, pavement hump-back bridge, pavement gradient straight plus others, small quantity of black track including double curves, left hand junction plus others, also in lot 2 x owners handbook, conditions Fair. (qty)

Vinyl - 9 recent release Indie / Alternative albums to include: Gruff Rhys – Seeking New Gods (Green Vinyl) EX / EX, Matt Berry – Witchazel (UK 2011, Acid Jazz) EX / EX, School Of Seven Bells – Alpinisms (UK 2008) Sealed, Wand – Laughing Matter (UK 2019 Double album) EX, Mollys Daggers – Prima Materia sealed, The Mel Outsiders Reformation - Miss Victory V (UK 2022) sealed, Babyflow – Oblivious (UK 2021 Limited Edition Numbered, only 250 copies) sealed, Penny Rimbaud And Youth – Corpus Mei (UK 2022, Double Vinyl) sealed, Warser Gate – All My Hates, All My Hang Ups (UK 1996 + 2 inserts + test pressing 7” single of "Loaded And Shaken”) VG+ / VG+ / EX

AFTER DOROTHY HARDY (op. 1885-d.1937) - Galloping Across Country, Holding a Gate Open, and 'Flying' a Stream, three Hunting Chronolithographs, publ. 1908, Lawrence and Jellicoe, London (10½ x 27in)

A collection of Indian earrings with screw-back fittings; including a pair of stud earrings embossed with a Queen Victoria 'veil head' on the circular panel within a scalloped frame; seven pairs of stud earrings with bright-cuts and beaded designs; four pairs of pendant earrings; and a single stud earring; ten out of thirteen testing as high carat; total weight of items 24.6 grams (13).the pair of gate link pendant earrings testing 9ctthe pair of square plaque with beaded border earrings testing 18cta beaded sphere drop earrings testing 14ct

Two 9ct yellow gold gate link bracelets; comprising a bracelet with lobster clasp, Birmingham assay marks, 20.0 cm long; together with another gate link bracelet with a heart-shaped padlock closure, 18.5 cm long; Total weight of items 27.4 grams (2).the gate link bracelet with heart padlock has one split link

Paul Sandby RA (British, c.1730-1809), 'A Woman and Child by St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury', pen and grey ink with watercolour, 11 x 14.5cm, framed and glazed, bearing labels to the reverse.Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, 13th July 1989, lot no. 162.Condition Report: Generally good condition, with a few issues, including general fading and some spotting/foxing throughout, especially towards the sky area.

A 14ct gold tie pin, weight approx 5.6gms, along with a 9ct gold gate bracelet, weight approx 11.6gms, a 9ct gold ruby set pendant, length approx 18mm, a/f missing bale, total gross weight approx 0.9gms and an unmarked pearl set yellow metal chain and plated bangle (1 bag)Further details: wear and tear commensurate with age 

A collection of furniture to include; drop leaf table with oval gate leg, pink fabric chair, barley twist occasional table, barley twist wicker tub chair, square occasional table (5)

A group of furniture comprising: a mid 20th Century sideboard, recent dining table and five cottage style chairs, a small reproduction bureau, pot cupboard and small gate leaf table

Albert Clark (1843-1928). Harnessed horse breaking gate, with hunting party in the distance, oil on canvas, signed, 51cm x 83cm.

A 15ct yellow gold three bar gate bracelet with a cut-out ruby & diamond heart, circa 1920, total ruby weight approx. 0.56 carats & total diamond weight approx. 0.08 carats, heart measures 13.5mm x 12mm, bracelet length approx. 19cm, with safety chain, 12.15gm, comes with a photocopy for a new replacement value from 2016 for £950.

Russischer Maler: Frau am ZaunÖl/Leinwand. Unsigniert, verso kyrillisch bezeichnet/betitelt. 2002. 60 x 70 cm. Gerahmt69 x 78,5 cm. Junge Frau im Sommerkleid an einem Gartentor neben einem blühenden Flieder Russian Painter: Woman at the FenceOil / canvas. Unsigned, inscribed/titled in Cyrillic on verso. 2002. 60 x 70 cm. Framed69 x 78.5 cm. Young woman in summer dress at a garden gate next to a blooming lilac .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

HALM, W. "Am Tanger"Öl/Holz. Rechts unten signiert, verso betitelt. Ende 19. Jh. 21 x 32 cm. Gerahmt44 x 54 cm (prächtiger Goldstuckrahmen). Orientalische Straßenszene in der marokkanischen Stadt mit mehreren Personen am Tor im Sonnenschein HALM, W. "On Tangier"Oil / Wood. Signed lower right, titled on verso. Late 19th c. 21 x 32 cm. Framed44 x 54 cm (magnificent gold stucco frame). Oriental street scene in the Moroccan city with several people at the gate in the sunshine .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

MERZ, G. Ansicht GelnhausenAquarell. Links unten monogrammiert, rechts unten signiert, darunter Ortsangabe. 1856. 25,5 x 36 cm. Gerahmt & hinter Glas47 x 54 cm. Staffagefiguren vor dem Stadttor im hellen Sonnenschein Altersspuren. MERZ, G. View GelnhausenWatercolor. Monogrammed lower left, signed lower right, below place name. 1856. 25.5 x 36 cm. Framed & behind glass47 x 54 cm. Staffage figures in front of the city gate in the bright sunshine Traces of age. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

NELSON (HORATIO)Ticket admitting the bearer to Nelson's funeral at St Paul's Cathedral ('Admit the bearer to a seat in the West Gallery Within the Church on the day of Lord Nelson's funeral'), issued to John Pape, and numbered 95, with uncommon red wax seal, printed with manuscript insertions, countersigned with initials ('J.P.'), on card, some dust-staining and other marks, 78 x 116mm., printed by W. Wilton, St. Peter's Hill, Doctors' Commons, [9 January 1806]; with a copy of The Times from Friday 10 January 1806, reporting on the funeral (2)Footnotes:'ADMITTANCE AT THE IRON GATE UNDER THE SOUTH DIAL OF THE CLOCK, WHERE THIS TICKET MUST BE PRODUCED, BUT NOT DELIVERED UP': a scarce named and numbered ticket bearing a red seal. The State Funeral of Lord Nelson, the first commoner to receive such an honour, was the most lavish state occasion of the era and lasted over five days, initiating an outpouring of public grief. A carefully orchestrated ceremony, it was '...a performance influenced by the prevailing theatricality of the day...' (Timothy Jenks, 'Contesting the Hero: The Funeral of Admiral Lord Nelson', Journal of British Studies, Vol.39, No.4, October 2000). The lying-in state in the Painted Hall at Greenwich from 5 to 7 January attracted between 15 and 30 thousand mourners and was followed by a grand river procession up the Thames to Whitehall on 8 January. The following morning hushed crowds watched the funeral procession travel the 2 miles to St Paul's Cathedral. Within the cathedral large stands had been erected for specially invited ticket holders. Named, numbered tickets bearing a red seal, rather than the usual black, and inviting the bearer inside the cathedral rather than to the procession, are uncommon.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A quantity of late 20th Century to modern day faux pearls, some with silver clasps, together with a Wedgwood 7 cameo motif disc bracelet, a rolled gold gate-link bracelet with attached coin pendant and 4 ladies watches; Sekonda, Fero Feldman, Excalibur and Audax. Location:RWM

An Indian Mutiny ‘50th Anniversary’ C.B. group of five awarded to Major-General H. T. Arbuthnot, Royal Horse Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, converted for neck wear; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lieut. H. T. Arbuthnot Rl. Artillery) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. H, T, Arbuthnot, F Tp. R.H.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamels with gold and enamel centres, the first and last with some very minor enamel chips, otherwise very fine or better (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- Henry Thomas Arbuthnot was born on 16 October 1834, son of George Arbuthnot, Assistant Secretary to H.M.’s Treasury. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and joined the Royal Regiment of Artillery as 2nd Lieutenant on 22 June 1853. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 16 May 1854, he served in the Crimea 1854-55, including the affair at McKenzie’s Farm, the Battles of Alma, Inkermann, and the siege and capture of Sebastopol, and the repulse of the sortie on the 26th of October 1854 (Medal and three clasps, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Turkish Medal). He served in the Indian Mutiny 1857-59, including the action of Secundra, the attack on the fort near Munshigunj, the siege and capture of Lucknow, and the capture of the forts at Regore and Koorlee (Mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, medal with clasp for Lucknow). ‘At Munshigunj, in March, 1858, a small force supported by two guns of "F" commanded by Lieut. Arbuthnot, attacked the fort there. Arbuthnot came into action at 400 yards, and seeing the enemy fire was slackening, limbered up again and galloped up the actual lip of the glacis where he dropped his trails again and swept the ramparts clear of the enemy, with case, himself the while, exchanging carbine-shots with an enemy chieftain, whom he hit. Once inside the fort, Sergt. Wilkins and Gunners Critchell and Dummet, made a bold attempt, under heavy fire, to blow open the gate of the keep. Arbuthnot (later a Major-General) was one of those maddening subalterns, who sometimes arrived in India knowing better than the old hands - or “koi hais” - an equally maddening race! He was in charge of "F” Battery officers mess, which was carried on pack camels on his orders, instead of the usual elephants, because elephants (he considered) were too slow to keep up with a troop of horse artillery. When the column had to cross the Gumti river, he was assured that camels could not swim, and because of Arbuthnot’s obstinacy the mess was given up as lost, as a hot pursuit was under way and what was once left behind would not be seen again for many days. Arbuthnot, however, paraded his “B” echelon - of camels - tied in single file, each camel’s nose to the tail of the one in front and the leader’s nose to an elephant’s tail, which of course swims very well, and the elephant towed the camels across the river, to the relief of his hungry and thirsty brother officers.’ (The Royal Horse Artillery by S. Bidwell refers). Arbuthnot was promoted to Captain on 1 April 1860 and his majority confirmed a year later. He was Assistant Superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield and Birmingham, 1862-72, and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1872. He was Captain of the Company of Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from 1875 to 1879, and was Superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield and Birmingham, from 1880 until his retirement in 1887 with the rank of Major-General. Awarded the C.B. on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Indian Mutiny in 1907, he was appointed Chairman of the Aerial League of the British Empire in 1912, and was a Justice of the Peace for Sutton Coldfield. Major-General Arbuthnot died on 3 May 1919.

Seven: Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Smith, Hampshire Regiment, a stalwart of the Volunteer Force, who served with the Volunteer Cyclist Corps, the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and commanded the 2/7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (T.F.) in Mesopotamia, July - October 1917. He died of heart failure whilst serving in the latter capacity on active service, 8 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. S. G. Smith.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major S. G. Smith. Hamps. R.); Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Captain S. G. Smith. 4/V.B. Hants: Regt); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London ‘1913’, complete with brooch bar, mounted for wear, generally good very fine (7) £700-£900 --- Sidney George Smith was born in Acock’s Green, Birmingham, and resided with his wife at Ormidale, Redhill Heights, Bournemouth. He was an auctioneer based in Bournemouth prior to the Great War, and joined the Volunteer Cyclist Corps in 1889. He was commissioned in the 1/4th Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal in August 1909), and subsequently transferred to the 1/7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (T.F.). Smith was serving with the latter in 1911, and was mobilised with them on 4 August 1914. He arrived with the Battalion in Bombay, India, from 9 November 1914. Smith, who had advanced to Major, led a Detachment to Bareilly in January 1916, before being appointed Commandant at Kasauli in April of the same year. He remained in that capacity until he was posted as Acting Lieutenant Colonel to take the command of the 2/7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (T.F.) in Mesopotamia in July 1917. Colonel Smith died of heart failure aged 51, at Azizieh, on 8 October 1917. He is buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Sold with copied service papers and research.

The Great War trio to Second Lieutenant J. C. Barber, 10th (Scottish) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, who prior to the outbreak of war was a witness to the insurrection in Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April 1914 when the U.S. Marines landed and put it down with the resultant death of some 300 Mexicans and 18 Americans; Second Lieutenant Barber was killed in action in the charge at Hooge on 16 June 1915, shortly after an encounter with Captain Noel Chevasse who went on to win the V.C. & Bar, and M.C. before his own heroic death 1914 Star (3043 Cpl. J. C. Barber. 10/L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. C. Barber.) the first very fine, otherwise extremely fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2004 (£1200 hammer). Second Lieutenant John Christian Barber was born at New Brighton, Cheshire in August 1892, and educated at the Leas School, Hoylake and at Uppingham. After leaving school he secured a position with T. & J. Harrison, one of Liverpool’s leading shipping lines. He was sent out to Mexico and was in Vera Cruz in that country when the U.S. Marines landed to quell the insurrection in April 1914. Newspapers carried his personal account of his experiences: ‘Word passed around that the American Marines were about to land and take the port, no resistance was expected. I saw a small body of Marines going at the double towards the Post Office and the Custom House. The crowd began to yell and jumped on the tramcars. Mexican soldiers assembled at the street corners, and a company of 25 or so took up their positions on the roof and front balconies of our hotel to our horror! There were 30 or 40 foreigners in the hotel. Firing started about noon and I watched with an American from my room for a little while, but it very soon got too hot to stay there with safety. Soon afterwards the first man on the roof was hit badly, and he died about 20 minutes later. The nursing of the dying and the wounded is still a terrible nightmare. Some were shot on the balconies, but the majority on the roof, altogether there were three killed and ten wounded in the hotel, horrible wounds and no trained nurse or a doctor to be had. The streets were impassable for the Mexican Red Cross Corps. We did what we could - disinfecting, plugging and bandaging the wounds. The supply of brandy soon gave out, and some of the poor wretches suffered agonies. Night brought us no rest and although the firing lessened there was no news of the Americans’ progress and the streets were still too dangerous for the ambulance. The whole thing was horrible owing in a large degree to the fact that a few hundred criminals, probably life-sentenced men, were let loose and armed, and they shot at anybody, and also very many of the Mexican officers got very drunk. Looting and drinking, with occasional shooting, went on all night. So far as the Americans were concerned, it transpired that they did not at first land sufficient men, and accordingly could not fight their way into the town until reinforcements had arrived the following day. Short as the battle then was, the din and the damage done were terrific, and the streets were covered with dead. In all some 300 Mexicans and 18 Americans were killed, and it was with great relief that I was able at last to get aboard the Esperanza for Galveston, which normally carried about 150 passengers, but which was now crowded with 400 American refugees from Vera Cruz.’ When he returned in June 1914 he joined the family firm in Liverpool. Volunteering the day after war was declared, he was soon promoted to Corporal in which rank he accompanied the first contingent to France aboard the S.S. Maidan in November 1914. After sterling work in the trenches he was commissioned in the field, rising from the ranks to command a platoon in March 1915. Second Lieutenant Barber was killed in action on 16 June 1915 during the charge at Hooge when he was hit by a shell whilst leading his men. His name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. The following is extracted from The Liverpool Scroll of Fame: ‘Captain Noel Chavasse, who won the V.C. and Bar before he met his own heroic death ministering to the wounded quite regardless of danger, left a brief tribute to Barber’s splendid conduct at Hooge. He met him, it seemed, on his way up to the trenches before the attack, and he was then in the best of spirits. They even joked together, although quite conscious of the grim work before the battalion, and equally conscious that that might be their last meeting. Soon afterwards Barber was fatally hit by a shell whilst leading his men towards the enemy’s trenches with the utmost gallantry. The Germans, unfortunately recaptured the advanced ground where he fell in a counter-attack, and his chum was thus unable to recover his body.’ A superb three-quarter length oil painting of recipient was displayed in the now-defunct Liverpool Scottish Museum, Botanic Road, Liverpool. Sold with copied research and two coloured photographs of the above portrait, one a head and shoulders enlargement.

An extremely rare ‘Northern Nigeria 1900’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major J. Heffernan, Royal Artillery, late West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (54705 Bty:-Qr:-Mr:-Serjt: J. Heffernan. R.A.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Serjt: J. Heffernan. R.F.A.) official correction to last four letters of surname; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria (54705 B.Q.M. Sgt. J. Heffernan, Royal Field Arty.) naming unofficially re-engraved; British War and Victory Medals (36076 W.O. Cl. 2 J. Heffernan. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (54705 Bty. Sjt. Maj. J. Heffernan. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (B.S. Mjr. J. Hefferman [sic] D.C.M. R.A.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine or better (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 25 April 1902: ‘Battery-Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Heffernan, Royal Field Artillery, late West African Frontier Force (Tawari Expedition).’ Army Order 10 January 1903. L.S. & G.C. Army Order 172 of October 1904, with Gratuity. M.S.M. Army Order 227 of December 1941, with Annuity. The following report is taken from the despatch of F. D. Lugard, High Commissioner, to The Rt. Hon. The Secretary of State (London Gazette April 16, 1901): ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Lowry Cole, on the completion of the Mitchi operations, proceeded rapidly from Loko up the Okwa River to join the other two surveys at the rendezvous at Gierko. All three were concentrated there at the beginning of May. On the 9th Colonel Cole marched the whole force against a pagan town named Lemo, who had kidnapped a carrier. The people concerned (Kadaras) are a brave but lawless tribe, who had long defied the power of Zaria and the Fulanis. The town was defended by a 10 feet wall and deep ditch. The gate was breached by fire from the 7-pr. guns, and Colonels Cole and Morland and Captain Abadie charged it, but being unsupported by the troops, who had not apparently been concentrated for the charge, were forced back again. Colonel Cole was severely wounded by a poisoned arrow in the neck, and Colonel Morland took command. Colonel Morland made fresh dispositions, and formed a regular assaulting party 30 strong under Captain Bryan, who was followed by Captain Abadie with a subsection. These stormed the gate and entered the town, which was full of mud-wall enclosures, and where a sustained resistance was offered, the defenders being only slowly driven back to the rear of the town. The casualties among the enemy were very heavy, while those among our troops were Colonel Cole, severely wounded; and Captains Bryan and Abadio and Sergeant-Major Hefferman [sic], slightly wounded; four rank and file killed, nine wounded, as well as one carrier. The troops engaged in this affair were:- Lieutenant-Colonels Cole and Morland. Captains Bryan and Abadie. Lieutenants Dyer and Macarthy-Morough. Colour-Sergeants Hudson and Tucker. Sergeant-Major Hefferman [sic], R.A, and Sergeant Smith, R. A. Drs. Grant and Thompson. One hundred and eighty rank and file, with two Maxims and two 7-prs. Colonel Cole brings forward for special mention the names of Lieutenant-Colonel Morland, Captains Abadio and Bryan, Sergeant-Major Hefferman [sic], and Dr. Thompson (who sucked the poison from Colonel Cole's wound).’ Lugard also submitted a request to the Secretary of State for the Colonies at the Colonial Office, London, seeking promotion for Sergeant Heffernan, dated January 1st, 1901, which stated: ‘I have the honour to submit for your approval the name of Sergeant J. Heffernan R.A., Local Battalion Sergeant Major, for promotion in the R.A. to the rank of Battery Sergeant Major, or of Battery Quartermaster Sergeant. He is reported by the Commandant [W.A.F.F.] as “smart and energetic, has taken part in several expeditions, and in 2 actions has been in sole command of the guns; on one occasion of 3 guns and on this occasion of a section. He was wounded at Limu in May, and mentioned by Your Excellency in your despatch to the Secretary of State. He is one of the original members of this Force and has probably missed promotion in the Royal Artillery owing to his long absence in the Colonial Office.” I had the honour of favourably bringing him to your notice in my despatch, West African Frontier Force No. 99 of July 16th.’ Sold with copied London Gazette despatches and other research.

An interesting and rare group awarded to Lieutenant Robert Pigou, Bengal Engineers, one of the Engineers at the Cabul Gate during the storming of Ghuznee, who was afterwards killed whilst attempting to reduce a fort in Afghanistan when, having cut his fuse too short, he was blown up and his body thrown a distance of eighty yards by the sudden explosion of the powder bags (a) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, with original suspension (b) Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (Successful), (R. Pigou Armo. Vit. Ob. Serv. Dono Dat Soc. Reg. Hum. 1836) (c) Georgian silver presentation Snuff Box, hallmarked London 1825, maker’s mark ‘T.E’ for Thomas Edwards, the gilt inner lid with inscription ‘Presented to Ensign Pigou, by the E.I.C. Sappers & Miners, as a humble token of their gratitude in his saving the life of one of their comrades whilst pontoning [sic] on the river Medway on the 27th August, 1835’, the R.H.S. medal with edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine (3) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Brian Ritchie Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004; Jack Boddington Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. Robert Pigou was the son of Henry Minchin Pigou, B.C.S., of Banwell Castle, Somerset, the Commissioner for Revenue at Jessore, and was born in India on 5 October 1816. He was baptised at Dacca on 13 October of that year, and in due course was sent home to Rugby School. He was nominated for his Cadetship in the Bengal Engineers by P. Muspratt, Esq., at the recommendation of ‘the executors of the late D. Stuart, Esq.,’ and was admitted to the Establishment in August 1830. Between 1833 and 1834 he attended Addiscombe and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 12 December of the latter year. He continued his studies at Chatham, and while there became conspicuous by his gallant conduct in saving the life of one Private Edward Williams on 27 August 1835. His selfless act was reported to the Royal Humane Society by Colonel Pasley in the following terms: ‘Sir, - I beg leave to make known through you the gallant conduct of Mr Pigou, yesterday, in saving a man’s life at Pontoon practice, as reported to me by Captain Alderson, of the Royal Engineers, who was the senior officer present when the circumstances occurred. The East India Company’s sappers and miners were employed at the time, in concert with the Royal sappers and miners, the men of both corps being mixed in each Pontoon, according to custom. Mr Pigou had command of one Pontoon: and in returning to his moorings, on leaving off for the afternoon, Private Edward Williams fell overboard into deep water, the tide running very strong at the time, so that he must have been drowned, but that Mr Pigou, who is an excellent swimmer, immediately plunged in after him, and saved him, all the other Pontoons being at some distance at the time. The man himself could not swim. I have noticed Mr Pigou’s conduct, in order that he may meet with that praise which he deserves; and I have great pleasure in now reporting the circumstance. I remain, C. W. Pasley, Col., R.E.’ The Royal Humane Society’s Silver Medal medal was subsequently voted to Pigou in January 1836 (Morning Chronicle 19 January 1836). Pigou arrived at Fort William in July 1836 and was appointed assistant to Captain Fitzgerald, the Garrison Engineer at Fort William and Civil Architect to the Presidency. He went on to serve in the Canal Department, and to work on the surveys of the Pertraub Kally creek and the Aolabariah Road and Canal. In July 1838, Pigou’s services were brought to the notice of the Governor-General and he was subsequently directed to join the headquarters of the Bengal Sappers and Miners at Delhi on account of his esteemed ‘scientific attainments and high promise’. Later that year he qualified as an Interpreter and was placed at the disposal of Sir William MacNaghten, the scholarly and autocratic Envoy and Minister to the Court of Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk, who was to accompany the Army of the Indus on its circuitous march into Afghanistan, following Lord Auckland’s decision to depose Dost Mohamed. Accordingly Pigou was one of the Bengal Engineer officers under Captain George Thomson, who went ahead of the Army with the 2nd and 3rd Companies of the Sappers and Miners to Rohri to make the necessary preparations for the crossing of the Indus. Under normal circumstances, given trained men, good boats or pontoons, and plenty of material at hand, building a bridge to span the river - which at this point ran in two channels, of 133 and 367 yards, separated by the fortified island of Bukkur - would not be difficult. But Thomson, Pigou and the others were faced with every difficulty. At first only eight boats could be procured and all good timber had to be floated 200 miles downstream from Ferozepore. The Sappers had to make 500 cables of grass and manufacture all the nails they required. None of the young officers had any practical experience of large floating bridges, nor could anyone speak the dialect of the local labourers. Furthermore the current was rapid and floods often endangered the whole structure. Nevertheless, the Indus was bridged successfully and, by 18 February 1839, 38,000 troops and camp followers, 30,000 camels, artillery, and ordnance carriages had crossed easily and safely. After a long and laborious march to Candahar via the sombre defile of the Bolan Pass and the mud village of Quetta, the Army was exhausted; paralysed by its loss of transport animals and on the point of starvation. On 27 June, 7,800 fighting men including the Engineers who had bridged the Indus, plodded on towards Ghuznee, which, unbeknown to MacNaghten, had been heavily fortified by Hyder Khan. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir John Keane, was ill-prepared to lay siege to the fortress and found himself in a desperate quandary. He had no more than a few days’ supplies and was being carefully watched by two large armies of Ghilzai tribesmen. Once again Keane was obliged to seek the advice of his Chief Engineer, Captain Thomson, who suggested blowing in the Cabul Gate. The gate was duly blown at dawn on 23 July by the Explosion Party, led by Captain Peat of the Bombay Engineers, and Lieutenants Durand and MacLeod of the Bengal corps. Pigou, leading some Sappers equipped with two scaling ladders, took part in the assault with the main storming party under Brigadier-General ‘Fighting Bob’ Sale, and was engaged in the hand to hand fight in the gateway. After the capture of Ghuznee, Pigou continued with the Army to Cabul which was entered unopposed on 7 August. In early January 1840, Pigou marched out from the British cantonment at Cabul with a force under Lieutenant-Colonel Orchard to reduce the fort at Pushoot, fifty miles northeast of Jellalabad. He was duly selected to lay the powder by the fort’s inner gate and ignite the charge, being three times obliged to advance to the gateway under a heavy fire. Unfortunately his efforts to flash the train were foiled by a heavy downpour of rain. Nevertheless he was praised in Orchard’s despatch for his gallant and meritorious conduct (Calcutta Gazette 15 February 1841). On 25 January 1841, he was promoted Lieutenant, and the next month took part in the expedition under Brigadier Shelton against the Sangu Khel in the Nazian Valley. On 24 February he made the fatal error of cutting his fuse too short and was unable to make good his retreat before the explosion took place. Brigadier Shelton afterwards reported, ‘A few men held out in two Forts and obliged me to blow open the gates which was effectually accomplished by Lieut. Pigou of the Engineers supported by the Li...

Pair: Private K. D. Stephenson, 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry, who lied about his age and signed up for service aged 16, was found out and discharged, only to sign up again, and be killed in action on the Western Front, 21 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2499687 Pte. K. D. Stephenson. 47-Can. Inf.) very fine or better 1914-15 Star (16404 Pte W. J. Bowser. 7/Can: Inf:); British War Medal 1914-20 (2140544 Pte. A. Copeland. B.C.R.) good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Kenneth Douglas Stephenson was born in Aurora, Ontario, Canada in March 1900. He originally attested 20 November 1916 with the 234th Battalion as a Bugler (Service No. 1024446). Stephenson declared his Date of Birth as 10 March 1900. He was discharged 13 April 1917, as ‘Medically Unfit due to being Under Age’. He Reattested 2 January 1918 in the Railway Construction Depot (Service No. 2499687) and this time declared his Date of Birth as 10 March 1899. Private Stephenson was killed in action whilst serving with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, 21 October 1918. He is buried in La Sentinelle Communal Cemetery, France. William James Bowser was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in September 1891. He served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Bowser was killed in action, 15 April 1915, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin) Gate Memorial, Belgium. Alfred Copeland was a Native Indian, who was born on the Lillooet Reservation, British Columbia, Canada in November 1892. He served during the Great War with the British Columbia Regiment in the UK. Copeland died at Lillooet, British Columbia in March 1951.

A group of gold jewellery, comprising: an early 20th century 9ct gold gate bracelet with padlock clasp; two late Victorian gold brooches, one set with a rose-cut diamond; an early 20th century 9ct gold chain; a Victorian sovereign, dated 1893, in rope twist mount on a 9ct gold curb chain; a heart shaped ring with engraved initials; an early 20th century oval locket on hollow rope twist chain, chain stamped 9ct; a set of seven wire bangles with engraved decoration; and a metal chain (a lot)Condition Report: Gross weight excluding metal chain 80.95g.

An 18ct white gold necklace, of brick or gate link design, with concealed box clasp, Birmingham hallmarks, 2002, length 42.5cmCondition Report: Gross weight 38.01g.Some wear between the links.Clasp holds securely.

An Austro-Hungarian gold diamond-set bracelet, with applied rose-cut diamond set letters spelling 'Milusia' (four diamonds deficient), to a gate-link bracelet with concealed box clasp, indistinct marks, circa 1900, length 18.2cmCondition Report: Gross weight 21.99g.Some wear between the links.Minor surface marks commensurate with age.Four rose cut diamonds deficient.Clasp secure.

A Heal's oak gate-leg table designed by Ambrose Heal, made as a wedding present for his son Anthony in 1941, the hinged top with chip-carved border to edge,120cm. wide76cm. high ProvenanceSir Ambrose Heal, thence by descent LiteratureOliver S Heal, Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, page 224 this table illustrated. This and the en suite dresser are the last domestic furniture designs by Ambrose Heal.

A Heal & Son weathered oak gate-leg table, circular top on flaring turned legs, hinged sides, unsigned, 106cm. diam., 67cm. high ProvenanceSir Ambrose Heal, thence by descent, this table is photographed on the loggia at Baylins Farm.

Two gold bracelets, including a five row gate bracelet with a heart padlock clasp, length 21cm, and an ID bracelet, with an oval panel on a curb link chain, with a box clasp, 18cm, both in 9 ctCondition Report: Gross weight 25.8g

Vintage twist link gate bracelet, with heart padlock clasp and safety chain, stamped 9 ct,18cm in lengthCondition Report: Gross weight 16.5 gramspadlock clasp opening and closing securely

A SILVER FIVE BAR GATE BRACELET

A LARGE DECORATIVE METAL ARCHWAY WITH PEDESTRIAN GATE

TWO SILVER GATE BRACELETS WITH HEART PADLOCKS

AN ASSORTMENT OF ITEMS TO INCLUDE A MANUAL WINCH AND GATE HINGES ETC

Cast iron Please Close the Gate sign, W: 12 cm. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Painted wrought iron gate. Not available for in-house P&P

Three lengths of various size stainless steel pipework one fitted with gate value. Not available for in-house P&P

A large Chinese carved banded agate snuff bottle in the form of a Guanyin astride and Elephant, the stopper being a small carved gate frog. Together with a Chinese double carved and polished agate snuff bottle with quartz inclusions- 6cm x 9cm and a fine Chinese carved white agate snuff bottle with integral carved rings to shoulders- 7cm

`HAPPY AS A KING' A RARE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY GROUPCirca 1870 After a painting by William Collins R.A, modelled as boy sitting on a gate waving his arms in the air, a girl standing behind, 19.75cm highSome wear to the gilding and to the blue enamel. Tip of boy's black shoe possibly restored